[House Document 109-152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

109th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-152
 
                   CERTIFICATION FOR AN EXPORT TO THE

                       PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

CERTIFICATION THAT THE EXPORT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OF THE 
 SPECIFIED ITEMS IS NOT DETRIMENTAL TO THE UNITED STATES SPACE LAUNCH 
 INDUSTRY, AND THAT THE MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING ANY INDIRECT 
  TECHNICAL BENEFIT THAT COULD BE DERIVED FROM SUCH EXPORTS, WILL NOT 
  MEASURABLY IMPROVE THE MISSILE OR SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES OF THE 
   PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 105-261, SEC. 1512




    November 15, 2006.--Referred to the Committee on International 
                  Relations and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, November 15, 2006.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with the provisions of 
section 1512 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261), I hereby certify that 
the export to the People's Republic of China of the following 
items are not detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry and 
that the material and equipment, including any indirect 
technical benefit that could be derived from such exports, will 
not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities 
of the People's Republic of China:
           110,000 pounds of fine grain bulk graphite 
        to be distributed to seven companies in the People's 
        Republic of China for machining into industrial 
        components; and
           A motorized mixer with a stainless steel 
        vacuum mixing tank to Dow Corning (Shanghai) Company in 
        the People's Republic of China.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.